"Even if one has learned all the sayings of the sages and saints, he should not insist on them obstinately."

"A little piece of gold may be highly valued, but if it gets in one's eye, the result will be darkness."

"Strategy without tactics is the slowest route to victory. Tactics without strategy is the noise before defeat."

"All warfare is based on deception."

"Dishonour is like a scar on a tree, which time, instead of effacing, only helps to enlarge."

"The foot feels the foot when it feels the ground."

"Regard your soldiers as your children, and they will follow you into the deepest valleys; look on them as your own be…"

"The stake that sticks out gets hammered down."

"It is said that the inferior seek to emulate the superior. Thus, if a general slackens only a little, those beneath h…"

"Although I greet death; I do not fear its icy grip; my soul is at peace."